Combined hose carrier and support.



nu. 633,999. Patenten sept. 26,1999.;v

u. F. PEAcocK. COMBINED HUSE CARRIER AND SUPPRT.

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HORACE YnrEnCoCn, CCRUNNA', MICHIGAN.

COMBINED Hose CARRl-ER AND ASUPPORT.

`- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,899, dated september 26,1899.

ippnoationnedny 15,1899. sennuariasez. immane' To all who'nt't waag/jammern:

Be'kitrknown that I, HORACE F. PEACCCK, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Corunna, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hose Carrier and Support, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates parti size ordierent portions of a single hose,\inY

eluding the nozzle.

A further objectof the invention is to so construct the carrier and support that after its application to the hose has ,been eifected the latter may be more conveniently carried or drawn by thev pipemen along the ground,

or, when necessary, up a ladder, and secured to a round of n a ladderin such a manner as to effectively prevent the hose from swaying, whereby a steady stream of Water may be constantly directed at the desired place. Y

With these objects in view my inventionl consists inthe novel construction of a combined hose carrier and support-and the pe- 'enliar arrangement, construction, and combination of its various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and shown inthe drawings, in whichel f igi'l'rev 1 is a perspective view of the carrier and support. Fig. 2 is a section fairen on l line @o az, Fig 3, andFi'g. 3 is a rear 'plan view.

The supportingand thecarryingmechanism comprises, essentiallyg'two parts-Wiz. a body A, adapted to receive the hose, and the supporting-frame B, upon which the body'is mounted. The frame referred to is formed, preferably, of a single piece of Wire or anbar which is bent at or near the middle thereof to form a loop C and rearwardly-extending Y parallel members D D. Each of the members is'then bent outwardly to form offsets E E, extending at right angles to the parallel portions Dv, then downwardly in parallelism with said portions D, and finally the free ends of cularly to a com-- bined'carrier and support for lire-hose; and

`the sections are bent inwardly in parallelism with .the osets E, 'whereby oppositely-turned Y laterally-.extending handles F, rectangular in configuration, are formed. The'loop portion tially right angles to the frame-body and` then a slight distance downwardly, forming a broad retaining-hook G, adaptedtofbe engaged over the round of a ladder. j v

The supportingfraine j ust described is pro-v vided withiiattened and perforated portions a d and b l), as plainly shown in Fig. 3, and

the upper portion of the frame, is mounted being secured to the frame by means of rivets c, extending through the latter and body. The body referred to is preferably trough-shaped in vconfiguration and is provided on 'each side with upwardly-extending ears or lugs d, the free ends of which are bent over, as shown in Fig. 1, to form pintle-re'ceiving sockets e. In lone pair of sockets upon one side of the body is mounted a bar H, which is provided with a threaded stem I, extending at right stem in turn is provided with a head J and a vtubular nntK, which is counterbored at g to receive the head. Upon the opposite side of isgpivoted one end of a broad metallic clasp L, which is curved in configuration andprovidedat its free end with a laterally-extending lip M. This lip has formedin it a slot O, which is adapted to engage over the threaded stem I. I n .v Theparts having been thus described, the operation is as follows: When it is desired to secure the device to a hose, the latter is inserted within the trough-shaped body A and the clasp L is moved ,over the top of the hose and into engagement-With the threaded stemfl, the slotted lip M being beneath the tubular nut K. `The proper adjustment is to or away from the bar H, andthe hose is into engagement with the lip. v -It will thus be seen that means are provided within the body,while the oppositely-arran ged Vupon these portionswhich are kformed lupon angles from and at the center of said bar. The

made by moving the latter nut upon the stein.

clamped within therbody by moving the nut ofthe'fram'e is bent outwardly lat substan- C the body A, before referred to,` said body v Ythe. body and in the opposite pair ofsockets frodil for readily and speedily securing the hose rectangular handles beneath the body permit the pipemcn to readily carry the hose where desired.

The hook G,being formed in the manner set forth, may be quickly engaged over a round of a ladder, and by reason of the breadth of the hook the hose will be effectively prevented from swaying from side to side, whereby the stream may be always steadily directed atv over, I have provided means whereby the nut, Y*

which constitutes part of the lock for the clamp, will be prevented from being lost, the means referred to comprising the head J, which is formed upon the stem after the nut has been placed thereon. By forming a connterbore in the nut, as shown, the latter may be drawn out some length beyond the stem, thus entirely concealing the latter and yet permitting the requisite adjustment to be made. a

What I claim as myinvention isl. In a hose carrier and support, the combination of a metallic supporting-frame termimating at its forward end in a loop bent into the form of a retaining-hook, and having formed thereon two rigid and oppositely` turned handles extending in planes at right angles to the plane of the hook, a troughshaped metallic body mounted upon and secured to the frame between the handles, and a clasp, pivotedto the body, for clamping the hose within said body.

2. In a hose carrier and support, the combi# nation With a supporting-frame having oppositely-turned lateral handles formed thereon, and terminating at its forward end in a loop bent at right angles to the handles into the form of a retaining-hook adapted to engage right angles tothe plane of the hook, the rear portion of each member into the form of a rectangle,atrongh-shaped metallic body supported on the frame intermediate the handles, a curved rigid clasp pivotally supported upon one edge of the body, and a lock pivoted upon 'the opposite body edge adapted to engage with the clasp and clamp the latter about the hose.

I. In a hose carrier and support, the combination of a metallic supporting-frame provided with laterally-extending rigid handles,

and ahook arranged centrally and forwardly of said handles,a metallic trough-shaped. body 'mounted upon the supportingframe,upward extending ears upon each side of the body bent at their free ends to form pintle-receivin g sockets, a rodmounted within the sockets upon ouevside of the body, a headed screwstem extending centrally from the rod, a tubular nut thereon having a counterbore formed therein to receive the head, a curved metallic clasp Lpivoted within the sockets upon the opposite side of the body, and a slotted lip upon the clasp adapted to engage the stem beneath the nut, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE F. PEACOCK.

Witnesses:

W. J. PARKER, E. F. AUGsBURY. 

